vdB 141 - Ghost Nebula and Surrounding Area

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The area of Western Cepheus surrounding the Ghost Nebula (a small brownish nebula at the image's center) is covered by dust particles. There are many bright and dark nebulae in this region. The most promenent nebulae are the Iris Nebula NGC 7023, the Ghost Nebula vdB 141 and the relection nebula NGC 7129.

Milky Way Vista - Cygnus to Cassiopeia, zoom lens photograph
NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula, Newtonian photograph
vdB 141 - Ghost Nebula, Newtonian photograph
NGC 7129 and NGC 7142, Wright-Newtonian CCD-image

Exposure Data

Instrument: Nikkor-Q Auto 135mm f/2.8 telephoto lens
F/stop: 5.6
Exposure: 19 x 5 min
Camera: Nikon D5600 astro-modified
Sensitivity: ISO 1600
Date: November 8, 2020
Location: Mönichkirchen, Lower Austria
Conditions: Visual limiting magnitude 6.0 mag, SQM-L sky brightness 20.8 mag/arcsec², seeing 4/5, no wind, low humidity, 1°C, moonrise
Autoguider: Lacerta MGEN
Enhancement: File selection and bias/dark/flat calibration, star alignment and image integration, background flattening, photometric color calibration, noise reduction, deconvolution, non-linearization, star-background separation, local contrast enhancement, color enhancement, star size reduction, re-adding of the stars